The Sun. — London, England, 1808-06-21 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.- JUNE 20.—Yesterday arrived the Litinet Cutter Brig, trout Guernsey; and to-day the Sugt; CuMiviiNds, for Ne#fouudiand,. from the ni,. lA. • La Fleche Sloop,of War, with the Kin,v, *ion, Rachel, Monarch, HarLi4er, Genercil Green fit 1d; tine. Flora Transpi ts, for Cork. like Defender Gun-brig takes Convoy, to, the Do os. SHRERNiSS, JUNE 17.--Arrived iatle, of 36 guns, Captain Lord Wu. STUART, and proceed ed up the River to embark the Swedish subsidy. . JUNE ig.—Arrived the Lyra Tender from Shields, with Oprest - pen 80 volunteers for the Fleet. - Arrived, and passing the Nore, upwards of 40 .Sail of the West India Convoy.. DoVER, JUNE 20.—Passed by the Norway and Nu! /me Danish East Indiatnan, and the following Ship; of the Leeward bland Fleet, viz. • cumuettand, Goodwin, Orion, Groves; Sisters, Frith, Veuitia, Norguoy, and Preston, Edwards, from Surinam ; NelFon, Coverdale, Somerset, Taylor, London, Duncan, Haddock, Redman, and Allred, Wilson, from St. Kitt's ; rranois and Harriet, Hart, from Neyisi NeW iirunswick, Cook, from Antigua; A 134 1. Alper:, Basidesi, 'from St. Tlio mas's. DEAL, JUNE 20.—Arrived the Sceptre, frdm . the East Indies, with the Hopi Danish East Indiamen; Norge and ,K7ond Princesse Mcria, from Batavia, , prizes to they Sceptre. Arrived the Ddence and Certerus, with the West India Fleet under convoy. Sailed the Mfdestic, Admiral Runs Lt.; Bellero phon, Admiral GARDNER ; Warspite, Triumph, Ti gre, and Minotaur, on a cruize off }lolling. By a Letter yesterday received from Surinam, we haw an account of the sailing of La 'Juno and Le Courier French Corvettes, of 20 guns and 115 men each, On the 25th of April, from Cayenne, in com pany with two Schooner Privateers belonging to Guadaloupe, bound for the Coa,t of tire B►azils. • The !liana, Captain TwaErts, which has been brought, into Plymouth by one of his Majesty's Cruizers; is an American, Vessel, which left Buenos Ayres in the month of April ;.,he having been only So days on her oa , seige ; she is under quarantine. Tht• United Kingintn arrived last Wednesday at Greenock, limn Halifax, after a very quick passage 01.fifieen days. The Etntrargo still continued in the . tTnited States. Yesterday was reviewed by his Royal Highness the Prince of WS uss, on Hounslow Heath, the t gth Regiment of Foot. The day proving fine; this ex eellent Regiment went through all their evolutions . with so much correct exactness as to have obtained the highest praises from his Royal Highness, who appeared in his regimental. uniform, and looked ex b'emely well. His Royal Highness left Carleton House in the morni n g, and "was accompanied in his travelling coach by two other Officers. Letters from Halifax, dated the Ist instant, state, that . the Americans are fitting out Gun-boats to pro tect their coasting trade, and to prevent Ships from evading the embargo, which is at present frequently done, as Vessels which have cleared out for ports in the United States sometimes make a run to the West Indies, or.cven to Europe. .. • The Spaniards will, if determined to defend themselves, have incalculable advantages, owing to the badness of the roads. In the whole Kingdom, (except.th , vicinity o f th e Metropolis, and soinc of the great towns) there is scarcely' a good public road. 'lhe soil of the Kingdom is generally loam, ; , nd after a shower, is SG vary slippety; as to render it al ways difficult to tread. From the is . of May, till the middle of September, there is Ito rain, except vety trifling, limited, and -showers. When the wet acts in, it comes in torrents, •is of long duration, and renders the roads iii passable. The Asturias, in which the patriotic flame has burst forth, consist of two Provinces, named after their respeßive capitals, Astui ia D'Ovieilo, and As turia de Sititibilo. They„ are about t2O miles in length, and t an 20 to 45 in breadth. They are ..bounded on Ahe nprtli by the ocean, on the west by Gallicia, on the south by Old Castile and, Leon, and on the east by Rise ty. These Provinces have always beep distingtished fix their independence, and their i:atiir,ti strength is great. Surrounded by mountains,' 11,1 served as a refuge to the Spaniards against the M..ars, by whom the . fiiitUrial/S never Were subdued. NUPTIAL INFIDELITY.—The affair that recently itappened in an Inn, in Winchester, was detected, it seen's, by the landlord, who ascended into the bed-room, through a' trap-door, - and, finding the Noble Paramour and the Lady together in such a manner as would justify legal proceedings, he Mi. inediateiy called up several of his setvants to witness the transaaion. The gallant .made the most liberal offers to the man, in order to induce .him to bury , the matter in silence, but all his tenders were reject } ed. Though it is pOper that vice should be expoied and punished, yet the landlord is severely censured in the neighbourhood, even by gossipping wives and starched old maids, for his prying curiosity; and his refusal of the pecuniary offers made to him, is not attributed to his disinterestedness so much as to his Wish to oblige. the husband, who, it is said, had for sotne time suspeeted what was going for 11, ard, and desired " mine Host" to exercise his ingenuity in order to deist the parties. Another case of 6tnt. eon. is likely to employ the talents of the Bar, and which would be a matter of some delicacy to the Gentlemen of the Long Robe, if they were much troubled with that quality, as the gallant icsaicl to be one of their own order. The ACCUSt d party, positively disavows the crime Imputed . ytc~ Kitt , and , pet baps the proof may not be an easy, 01.!I ,as the sci no of *thou is said to have beets t4C des t SPAI,V. .MADRID, Matt 20.---The King, the Trince of Asturias, their Royal Highnesses the Infants Doti CARLOS, and Don ANTONIO, have abdivated the Crown and the rigl:t thereto, ai appears by the lowing documents, vit. / " I thought proper to give my beloved sub.= jeas this last proof of my paternal love. Their ltap= piness, tranquillity, prosperity and preservation, and Integrity of the dominionS that Divine Proviience had placed-' under my shay, have been the sole objects of my constant care during my reign.--i Every step and measure that have been adopted since my exaltation to the throne of my august an testors have been directed to those just pvirposes, and could not be. directed to any other. Thi% day, in the extraordinary circumstances in which am placed, my conscience, my honour, and the good name I ought to leave to posterity, imperi ously require of me that the last ata of my sove reignty should be sol e ly pointed to that end, viz. to the tranquillity, prosperity, security, and integrity of the monarchy, whose throne I quit, to th e g re at est happiness of my subjeds of both hemispheres.— Therefore, by a Treaty signed and ratified, I have ceded to my Ally and dear Friend, the Emperor of the French, all my rights to Spain and the Indias, having stipulated that the Crown of Spain and the Indias is always to be independent and entire, as it was under my rule, and likowise that ,our Holy Re ligion is not only to -be the predominant one in Spain, but the only one to be observed in all the dominions of (he Monarchy. Of all which you will take due notice, and communicate it to all the Cobncils and Tribunals of the Kingdom, Chiefs of Provinces, Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical, and to all the Juitrces of Distrids, in order that this last act of my sovereignty may be notorious to all and every one in my dotninions of Spain and Indias; and you are all to concur and assist in carrying into effeCt the diSpositions of my dear friend the Emperor NAPOLEON, as they are . directed to preserve the peace, friendship, and union between France and Spain, avoiding disorder and popular commotions, the effeots of which can only be havock and destruc tion of families, and the ruin of all. " Given in Bayonne, in the Imperial Palace of the Government, the Bth May, 1808. . " I, THE KING. " To the Goveinor ad interim of my Council of Castile." Extra& of a Letter from a Lady in Madrid to her Brother in Dublin, dated May 5.—"" Words cannot describe the horror with which we have been sur rounded since the first of this month; the approach ing storm was expeCied ; but on the 2d, immediately after breakfast, it broke out in the most furious manner. Our friend T. had provided a retreat at his country house, ahout eight Miles distant, to which we were to remove that Very evening, but the storm overtook us, and topped our journey; the thunder of the artillery announced tile begiuning of the bu siness,' and in a. few minutes eller the whole male population of the city appeared in arms: wherever a French soldier was discovered, he was instantly cut down, or shot ; six of theni were put to death under our windows ; the scene was dreadful beyond .de seription ; after two "or three hours 'carnage, ` parti cularly in our great street, called, Alcala, a rein-, forcement of Frenchmen poured into the town, and in their turn became the assailants ; our doors. were. burst open by the defeated populace, and seven or eight of the inhabitants took relnae under the touches, and in different parts of the house; but the French soldiers followed therri, and in my presence they most unmercifully bayonetted those. who had first entered the room, where I and my children sat shivering with horror. The presence of a Young French Officer proteeted us, and he had the hu manity to continue with me in the house the entire of this fatal day, to which I certainly owe the lives of myself and children. All night the inhabitants were forced to illuminate their windows, and fifteen dreadful looking fellows took entire possession of the lowerpart of the house; they soon broke open the cellars, which they plundered, nor could the pre sence of the friendly Officer I have mentioned pre vent them. The following morning, Was indeed a scene of horror. Almost every person that passed 'through the streets was stained with , blood, and the. dead bodies lay in heaps : it was reported, and I be lieve with some truth, that NIURAT, the. French. General, intended to. erect some works outside the town, to batter tt to the greund, in revenge for the lives Of hiasoldiers. This, however, he abandoned. The next day, when the tumult had a little subsid ed, T. and I got some. articles of plate, and the books of the house, and throtigh the intercession of our French friend, were suflered 'to remove to his . rCSi• &ince at Oinbro; where we Dow are with the chil 7 dren. You shall hear from me the first possible conveyance. The chance I have of sending this to Lisbon is but small, but it may possibly reach,.:' Extras of a Letter from Mrs. E. listowllllvhO was captured in October last, on board the' Sello, Captain RUSTON, - and carried into Spain, dated Gijon, May 31, to her parents in York : " I hope to be in England 'by the first King's Ship that sails from hence. I have been treated like a Princess by the good Spaniards, and have wanted for nothing but my health. The ports here are opened to the English, and the people have risen vn masse, in defence of their good King, who has been betrayed, and carried into France ' • and a brother of BUuNAPARTE is to be King of Spain.". The following paragraph, .which we extract from a Madrid Paper, is a mote striking exemplification than has yet reached us of the disposition of the French Writers to deal in thehyperbole, when adu lating Boob/Agana—it is film Marseilles. The 20th of 'this month (April) a religious ce remony took place to return thanks to the Oimiipo few, for the liberty obtained by the ,French Cap tives in Algiers, through the paternal offices and so licitudes of the Emperor : the.public gratitude to the Divinity and to the Sovereign, who is his image up on earth, was manifested in a solemn procession, singing a catiticle'of thanksgiving, and the abund ance of the alms received for the succour and com fort of the Captives." There was no Court of Aldermen held to-day, but the LORD MAYOR, after inspe6ting the returns of the Mealweighers, ordered the price of Bread to be lowered td, per Peck : the:quartorn Loaf will Lben . be is. • POETRY Fdr the eidei portrait of rOtiA ino , Tern Patriots we are indebted to Captain Jamas, whose literary talents are well known, arid who has just favoured the Paha with a very ele_;ant (A)llec;tion of Poems', that are highly creditable to hi s gcnius and learning. THE MODERN PATRIOT ; OR, *l-51031 EVZRY MAN HAS Ht 3 PAICI • A fna devotion .to Old England's cause, And mouth out English Liberty and Laws; At public meetings bellow for f Ohs Bunt, And call each Minister corrupt or dull i Till into notisx, by degrees,. you get, With bought against you but a little debt. —. Alas! that debt, so little as it seems, Destroys the texture of your patriot dreams. In vain you publish that you're firm and true, Each brother Patriot is as poor as you. So sink, your hopes of Reformation's piati, ' And all your prospeds in the Riglu4 of Mac r Those rights; alas non-entities appear, When stern 1 cum Do r. and R c tti‘ a n Rot draw near. At length cold-blooded Prudence steps between, And softly whispers—be'cortupt'and mean ; Go f tend your services at, yonder gate, Where spies are courted, and where scoundrels wait. Your senses listen; eagerly you go, Write what you think; and more than ha! f you know ; With other Icoundrels secretly are classid, And dies worthless pensioner at last. IifiINCHESTER,Na 18. We are extremely concerned to state, that the. unfortunate disputes Mitch . have for some time sub . - sisted here, between the mannfaaurers and their weavers, are not yet finally • settled. - : Although great numbers of the workmen have resumed their peaceable pursuits of industry, a spirit of disorder has in several instances, during the present .week,. been manifested.. Some looms, we are told, were stopped on Monday evening, in New ToWn, .by' straggling parties of refra&ory persons, who threat ened the unfortunate men they found employed, ' with dreadMl punishment, if they persisted in work ing. On Tuesday a numerous body of misguided , and infatuated people met. on Cheadle Moss, near Stockport; but, on the arrival of a troop of cavalry, they were dispersed, and several taken into custody. —lt is generally believed, and' we are of the same • opinion, that disatfeeled individuals have instigated and continue to encourage these ,riotous assemblies by every sinister endeavour, and that the •poor in dustrious weavers are made tire dupes of their aril. lice. . • On Thursday morning £4 prisoners were sent off: from Stockport for Chester Castle; in 'a long-bodied. coach, guarded by a detachment of dragoons, and. accompanied by Mr. Knowles, Deputy Constable of Stockport. • Yesterday morning eight prisoners were sent off from the New Bailey Prison 'to Lancaster Castle ; six of whom are committed on charges of ribting, and robbing Mr. Ashton, of Heap. • On Monday week, in consequence' of hand-bills circulated on the preceding day, great numbers of cotton Weavers assembled in Hurrocks,tord pastures, near Cliihero ; ,but by the timely presence of . the In- baiiiifand some other Gentlemen, they were in dueed to disperse, TheSe deluded people, how ever, again- assembled - shortly afterwards, •but; on the appearance of a troop of, the Craven Volunteer Cavalry, they hastily dispersed. Two men were taken into custody, and i conducted to Clithero EXTRACT FROM A NOTHER LL 1 rEtt. " Everything has been peaceable here since Mon day last, and the Weavers • are principally gone to' work. Some disturbances, however, have occurred in the neighbour hood of Stockport. In addition to • those mentioned •above, which • are extratied from The British 14)1unteer, tifte.(tn, other prisoners were yesterday sent to Chester Castle, from Stockport." The Morning Chronicle has thought proper to de nominate this Paper " Me demi-ollicial- Paper of the Treasury," as well as to accuse us of haVing ptiblished an " audacious paragraph" in favour of Marquis WILLItiLLY. Considering the appellation which it has, thus been pleased to confer on us as an acknow ledgineufol the accuracy of our general intOrma lion, we shall readily , excuse the Morning Chronicle for having applied so harsh an epithet to us on the subject of Marquis IWILLESLUY, particularly as we support that injured nobleman with the mostdisin terested views, and only because we think ourselves. indebted to his great abilities, aaive. zeal, 'and reso late perseverance, for the security of the ,British Etn. pire in the East. Tait TH BATH E.--,The Play of The. Stranger drew a numerous audience last night to the Haymarket Theatre: The part of the Stranger was performed by Mr. 'YOUNG, with great .feeling, and with the judgment which generally marks his acting.--Mrs. BELLAMY assumed the charther of Mrs. Haller.— This'cbaratler was so admirably performed by Mrs, SwDoNs, whose person so well corresponded with the description which is given of it in the course of the Play, that every successor has great disadvan tages to encounter. Mrs. BILLAMY'S figure, though well formed, is not of that striking and 'commanding kind which is necessary to satisfy the expaiation of the audience, nor has she that dig nity of demeanor which the charatter requires. It was evident, however, through the whole of her acting, that she had a just conception of the part, though she was somewhat too elaborate in perform ing it: In the last sceee, which is, indeed, very pathetic in itself, she and Mr. YOUNG both acquitted themselves so well as to have 3 powerful effect upon the audience. The• Tragedy of Hamlet was represented last night at Covent-Garden Theatre, for the benefit of Mr. GLASSINGTON, the PrOmpter, and was very well attended, as might indeed be expeaed, as Mr. EIKM bLE so ably personates the hero of the piece. The Farce wos Who Wins? or The Widow's choke, which has been one of the ino:it popular Dramas of the present season, and which is so' well recom mended by its intrinsic merits, the exeellence of Mr..CONDELL'S music, and the general merit of the aeting, that it is not likely to abate in its ettraelion. The Duchess of YOH awns preseot duriog.t he whole perform ance . • Mr. GL'ASSINGTON is 5.;.) attentive to his duty, and is so respetanole no individual, his success last tri4ht is due 'tribute to hts merit, • z4rfr REPort . COURT OF kINU's tiEHCH, TVNI so. I:kW:V*l,nd. v. +HS REV. 14hi. DiOnaiitl. TM; .w.:s a cause in the Coonty of which the Plaiptiff had - been nonSuitt.d, and the (Oda-. !kin was . ; I ,4tiether the tithe br thit Parson, oi;.,,Arass land, might lie set out in the or - as it fell from the sqthe; or whether it must first h&lerg.; process, and be set out in what arecalled grass c,)clts,t A rule to spew catl,e why the holisuit should nit( bti set aside wAs obtained 1 and this day Mr. S , :ljt?iint SHENlptii ancl . Mr. Serjeant REST were heard ag .inst the rule, and Mr. GAItRow and Mr. MARRYATT ju support of it. • The authorities retied upon by the latter were; first, the constrUctiqn of the 'elms primuni circartilivionerit, in the c, e of Fel t6r-plack:, in the ed James f. Ally, Elythe v. Ellis, lidb. in t Gth James 1.; , and, 3city, itol. Ab. 644; where' it is said that " a.man need' not make into it ty the tithe of grass which is set-out."Tlie- rule was dis.' charged. THE KIN'G. 0.- BARNETT. This was an argtimeut resulting flow a conviEtion . 'of the Defendant, tor' itssziulting an Officer thti Customs, engaged in the discharge of his duly, ag• it was alleged in the information: The single question was as fo the Validity of Writ of Assistance, granted 'at the commencement' of the preSent reign, These writs were rceul;niseds in the Statute of 13 and 14, Ch: 11. c. s. and since that period have been'granted :it the be- ginning of every reign, their' pruVeCtive effect id . Justifying the assistance to officers of eUstorns never having been doubled until the present time. -Mier the ATTORNIrr-GEN - ERAL frir the prosecution,' 'and Messrs. MARRYATT and LAWS fur:the Defendant, had been heard, The Curry Justteß said, that this was trottrialrx question of the first novelty, but of .extreme- import* , anee to the- public and individuals,. and t herefore. the CoUrt would -look into it h great atteinioli anxiety. The authorities of 13unbin'y, Rymer, Styles, and , Itothworthi had been if , Gentlemen -on either- side shouid discovc2r others, the Court would be glad of tlicir 'join to assist its judgment. Ml?. LUDLAM. This Gentleman has excited much tiosity from 'his eccentric condua Lill before and since he ha been pronounced a tomtit:. We stated a short timd. since, that he had made his escape from BroOkhouse; Claptoh, where he was under the *care . of. Mr. Holmes, the proplietor. When be escaped he had not recovered from the wounds and brui,es that he gotin mikiug a lamer attempt to 1.1 1 . ‘ Holives and his friends Made eVery - p6ss;ble exertion, to hid lion, fur upwards of a fOrtnight, without effect. On Wednesday, Mr. H. made appfic.nion to Adkins and Lavender, the &eV-streetofficers, to ; exert themselves to lind him ; the officers, in con-, sequence, set off upon the inquiry, and leante,l that, Mr. Ludlam had b e en to Mr. Marlo,a coach- maker,„ . in the New-ttoad, to order a carri.ige, and it was supposed he would be there again •un Thursday' morning. The officers went 'into the •New-Roa4 at, the time, - and shortly after a 114:n4.A:oat:It .ipi -, etir rN el with Mr. Ludlam in it; the officers, coach. Mr. Ludlam inimediately .:diScOverect . tvllci they weie, and exclaimed to them that he was lint. trod, and to prove which he plesente,d to them se.► veral certificates, signed by Dr. Ito y Ibicis find 011,4qr5:,, that he was recovered ; the officers did not p a y tin y: attention to them, but insisted Upon his gettiug, into, the coach; ha then struck them with 'it crutiA), which he walks with in consequence of hi.Jbeing. lame; they, however, succeedenin com eying. hint to Holmes's; .on the road he frequently called of t to the people, «I am William Locitaiii, whO they say is mad, but Iron very. Well." When Mr. Ludlam in confinement, his spirits niver..fait bini, and • he, in general, talks as it were perfealy sane. The day previous to making his escape, he laid a, wager with his keeper, of half-a-crown, that he would make his escape,. When it was discovered that he had escaped, a now from Mr. Luellani wa!Cluenci, addresseerto his fa l .. vourite female servant, informing her' that he had' won the wager, and she wLisuilitive the halt-ero He escaped at four o'clock in the morning, by bend-. ing an iron bar in the front of his wiudo.v, and let himself down by tying his bed eluthes.togettier, after which he got over a wall ten feet tliv assistance of a long fares; he h'ut himself ,0 that he could only crawl upon his 'wilds ;Inc teet, till he ,met with a larinct's earl, in ,v;ll,:ii he was conveyed to London. hatk ney-cuoivies, and left them without pay.iig, 0 , ,t having . any money; he was taken to lllttuii- i orti,3l Office, and held tti bail for this ottenee, O n the day previous to' his being secured, he drove twice, past Mr. 1-Limes's house in Clapton. The ?unprecedented aura:lions of Vataiudi has rendered it a favourite place of tfmusetnent among the fashionable part of the community, several of whom honoured the Gardens last night with their presence, and appeared gratincn, nut taAre with the splendour of Ole scene than w nil the .fielea yet very numerous company present. We understand that bet Ween four hundred and five hundred rank and tile of the It.githent of Ox ford. Loyal Volunteers have Volunteered to go nn permanent - duty this Suminer for fourteen days — and that New-bury ; in - flerkshire, is the town where they are likely to be quartered. It is expected the Regiment will march upon this duty about the t lib of July. On Friday morning, as the covered waggon be. longing to the Aspley Academy, in Bedtoidshire, containing the luggage of the young 'gentlemen, w 1, ,) have broken up for the boat; s, INIVi passing through Guildford-street, the near fore-wheel suddenly broke, and the waggon felt over upon the footTath thig was.occasioned by the wheel being on tire,, and ti whole waggon would have been in flames, had it not been for the immediate supply of water. The heat was so excessive that the water boiled in the boles of the wheel, soon after it was thrown upon it. At Kingscote, Gloucestershire, on the 25th tilt. so aged horse, unsound in his wind, ploughed in - .lt effectual manner an acre of a two.years ley, in tour hours and. :m perm led him, but uo whip was :7 tc tatf :irl !C ; urk Rio rigi • ley Eto Nli 1%, oil